Leicester v Man City – Preview, Predictions and Best Bets

Leicester City lock horns with Man City as the FA Cup winners take on the Premier League Champions in the FA Community Shield on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s side are a regular feature in this match due to their incredible success in recent years and will appear for the sixth time in the last ten years. While for Leicester, it is only their third appearance in their entire history.

Leicester City are coming into this game on the back of a 3-2 win over Unai Emery’s Villarreal in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday. Man City, on the other hand, beat Blackpool 4-1 on Tuesday.

Leicester Team News

Brendan Rodgers will be unable to call upon the services of talented young centre-back, Wesley Fofana after he suffered a fractured fibula during the second half of Wednesday’s pre-season friendly against Villareal. James Justin, Jonny Evans and Timothy Castagne are also unavailable through injury. Apart from the injured players, the Foxes have the majority of their squad back in training, including key players, Youri Tielemans and Jamie Vardy.

Man City Team News

Manchester City will be without England international Phil Foden through injury. While there are doubts over the availability of players who were involved in the latter stages of Euro 2020 like Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, John Stones and Raheem Sterling. Ederson Moraes and Gabriel Jesus are doubts as well after their involvement in the Copa America. City will still have some big names available like Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gundogan and Ruben Dias, to name a few.

Suggested Bets and Betting Tips

Time: 18:15 (CAT)

Venue: Wembley Stadium

We chat with Grant de Smidt about what to expect on Saturday and provide the best betting options for you.

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